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In late June the Energy Institute (EI) released the 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy, which was published previously for more than 70 years by BP. Here is the link to the full 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Review confirmed that a troubling trend continues. Despite historic investments in renewables and net-zero pledges from nearly every major economy, global carbon emissions hit a record high in 2024.
In a recent op-ed, a county commissioner from Hancock County, West Virginia, warned residents against signing a lease with Tenaska to allow the company to use their land to store carbon dioxide (CO2) as part of the company’s Tri-State CCS Hub project. CCS stands for carbon capture and sequestration. According to the commissioner, storing CO2.
The EU natural gas market in late 2025 is expected to face tight supply due to lost Russian pipeline gas, low storage, LNG competition from Asia, and possibly higher gas demand that expected if renewables do not deliver. Prices are expected to increase, potentially exceeding €45/MWh under certain scenarios, especially if hurricanes disrupt LNG shipments from the Gulf of America Share Strong injection demand persisted across Europe in June, as storage operators accelerated refill efforts fo
AGA Newsroom True Blue Blog Where energy conversations come to life. It’s the 4 th of July! As we celebrate Independence Day, and the freedom we enjoy, energy security has been quietly supporting the American dream for decades. Today’s energy revolution has been critical in securing reliable, affordable energy, insulated from the volatility of international energy markets.
Nuclear microreactors developed separately by Westinghouse and Radiant are poised to become the first fueled designs tested at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) facility—the world’s first dedicated microreactor test bed slated to open at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in early 2026. The first fueled experiment is expected to begin as early as spring 2026. […] The post Westinghouse, Radiant Selected for First Fueled Nuclear Microreactor Tests at INL’s DOME Facility appea
OPEC+ will ramp up oil production more aggressively than anticipated in August, accelerating the rollback of its 2023 voluntary supply cuts in a bid to capture market share amid peak summer demand. At a virtual meeting Saturday, eight core members led by Saudi Arabia agreed to add 548,000 barrels per day (bpd) to global supply—exceeding earlier expectations of a 411,000 bpd hike.
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(World Oil) – The U.S. sees domestic crude output growth slowing more than expected this year as choppy oil prices limit drilling activity. U.S. crude output is now expected to grow by 160,000 bpd this year to 13.37 million bpd and remain flat in 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday.
(World Oil) – The U.S. sees domestic crude output growth slowing more than expected this year as choppy oil prices limit drilling activity. U.S. crude output is now expected to grow by 160,000 bpd this year to 13.37 million bpd and remain flat in 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday.
Jinko Solar Submits 1440MWh Solar-Storage Project Proposal in Australia Jinko SolarAustraliahassubmittedaproposalfora1440MWhsolar-plus-storageprojectinNewSouthWalesunderthefederalEnvironmentProtectionandBiodiversityConserv.
Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, and a global developer, owner, and operator of solar and energy storage assets, on July 7 announced that the 1,200-MWh Papago Storage facility in Maricopa County, Arizona, has reached commercial operation. The project is now dispatching stored energy to Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest electric utility, […] The post Recurrent Energy Brings Major Arizona Energy Storage Project Online appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Global crude oil production declined by 1% last year, for the first time since 2020, averaging 72.58 million barrels daily, OPEC said in the latest edition of its Annual Statistical Bulletin. The group reported a decline in OPEC and partner production while non-OPEC oil producers boosted output last year, in line with analyst predictions and relatively healthy oil prices.
Lithium extracted from Marcellus shale wastewater (brine) has been in the news over the past week or so. Last week, we brought you the exciting news that a Boston-based company, Gradiant, is working on building a lithium production facility in an undisclosed PA location, which we were able to identify as Susquehanna County (see Integrated.
(BOE Report) – Oil markets are absorbing OPEC+ production increases without building inventories, which means they are thirsty for more oil, United Arab Emirates’ Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Wednesday. OPEC+, which pumps about half of the world’s oil, has been curtailing production for several years to support the market. But it has reversed course this year to regain market share and as U.S.
EVOLVE 2025 brought together leading voices across energy trading, analytics and clean fuels to unpack today’s most pressing market dynamics. From evolving benchmarks to retail analytics, one thing rang loud and clear: adaptation isn’t optional, it’s strategic. We attended four of the most impactful sessions and distilled the must-know insights for traders navigating a market shaped by geopolitical shocks, credit risk, benchmark shifts and clean energy disruption.
The OPEC+ group of eight, the V8, which made voluntary cuts and began unwinding them in April, met virtually today and decided to raise the production ceiling by 548 kb/d in August, four times the initial increase planned last December. This exceeded market expectations, including ours, of 411 kb/d. Here is an excerpt from the press release “ In view of a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals, as reflected in the low oil inventories, and in accordance with
Oil production from Canada’s oil heartland, Alberta, slumped to a two-year low in May as wildfires in the province and maintenance on some oil sands operations dragged oil output to a two-year low. Alberta produced on average 3.61 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in May, according to provincial data cited by Bloomberg. Output plunged by 397,000 bpd from April, and stood at the lowest level since May 202 Production at oil sands projects plummeted by 384,000 bpd, to the lowest level seen
A kerfuffle has erupted in Morgan Township (Greene County), PA, between drilling and pipeline giant EQT Corporation and the town over the issue of hauling heavy equipment on Morgan’s roadways. Morgan supervisors prohibited EQT from using local town roads to haul heavy equipment to work sites. On June 18, EQT filed a lawsuit against the.
After the latest OPEC meeting follows the producers' group's seminar - its invitation to the great and the good of the energy world held once every two years in Vienna. As the Oilholic heads out there for a business trip, while sitting and musing at London's Heathrow airport before the flight, one cannot but help notice that oil benchmarks are on the up.
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(World Oil) – bp Plc and Shell Plc signed agreements with Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) to study new opportunities, joining international majors accelerating their return to the oil-rich African nation. bp, which has pivoted away from its failed low-carbon strategy to focus more on fossil fuels, signed a memorandum of understanding to study reviving two huge oil fields in Libya, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
French nuclear fuel giant Orano’s uranium mining subsidiary in northern Niger is on the verge of bankruptcy, raising alarms over future nuclear fuel supply chains amid deepening tensions with the ruling junta, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The company cited a breakdown in talks with Niamey and the blocking of essential equipment at the border as the primary drivers of the crisis.
Upper Burrell (Westmoreland County, PA) town supervisors have historically been receptive (or at least tolerant) to the Marcellus Shale industry that has so blessed their town and Westmoreland County. But attitudes seemed to change last December, at least with respect to wastewater injection wells (see Upper Burrell Twp Makes Moves to Ban Wastewater Injection Wells).
The U.S. power sector seems to be increasingly pulled in two directions. While trundling toward rapid electrification, it is seeking to hold its ground on recent decarbonization triumphs. And while utilities and power companies are racing to add generation capacity, their prospects are limited by aging infrastructure and upended by supply chain constraints that have […] The post “We’re Writing a New Chapter”: Mitsubishi Power CEO Bill Newsom on AI, Gas Turbines, and the Path to Decar
July 2, 2025 New interview with information on the impact of EVs in China on oil demand: Our team is traveling to Vienna next week to attend an OPEC Seminar and meet key energy industry figures.
(Oil Price) – Crude oil prices took a dip today after hitting a two-week high earlier, as traders awaited updates on President Trump’s tariff plans, following the latest delay in trade deals with some key partners such as Japan and South Korea. Brent crude was trading at $70.07 per barrel at the time of writing, with West Texas Intermediate changing hands for $68.26 per barrel.
Oil and gas activity in the U.S. Eleventh District slipped into contraction in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey released Wednesday, with firms citing falling production, deteriorating service margins, and deepening uncertainty. The survey’s headline business activity index dropped from 3.8 in Q1 to -8.1, marking a return to negative territory.
WV News recently interviewed two high-level employees of Diversified Energy—Darren Gibbs, vice president of marketing, and Ron Ridgway, executive vice president for energy marketing. While we expected the typical expressions of support for the company and the oil and gas industry, we were delighted to gain some insights into the company’s thinking and strategy that.
GE Vernova said the first of three blocks of a major natural gas-fired power plant in Taiwan is now online. The company on July 7 said the first 1.3-GW unit of the Hsinta power station is operating, part of the facility's transition from burning coal to using natural gas. The post GE Vernova Brings First 1.3-GW Block of Taiwan Gas-Fired Plant Online appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas on Monday said it has successfully shipped its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Japan from its newly operational LNG facility in Kitimat, Canada. Petronas has a 25% stake in the Kitimat LNG plant in British Columbia on Canada’s west coast.
(World Oil) – Companies hired by TotalEnergies SE to build a $20 billion gas project in northern Mozambique have started preparing to resume work on the venture, four years after it was suspended because of a militant insurgency, according to people familiar with the matter. Firms have taken preliminary steps, including deploying resources to the project site, said two of the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is confidential.
Oil prices climbed Tuesday, hovering near two-week highs as markets absorbed the impact of a larger-than-expected OPEC+ production increase and ongoing uncertainty around US trade policy. As of mid-afternoon, Brent crude was up 89 cents at $70.47 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate rose 80 cents to $68.73. Both benchmarks are on track for their highest close since June 24.
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(Investing) – A consortium led by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) has discovered a natural gas reservoir off the coast of Cyprus, according to a government announcement on Monday. The drilling operation found preliminary indications of a 350-meter gas-bearing reservoir at a depth of 1.9 kilometers in the Pegasus-1 well, Cypriot government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. “Further assessment will be required in the coming months to evaluate the results,” Letymbiotis stated
Despite heightened tensions in the Middle East, oil prices are likely to remain capped below $70 per barrel for the rest of the year amid ample supply and uncertainties about demand. Unless actual supply disruptions occur in and around the hotspots in the Middle East, the price of oil will be a function of supply and demand, analysts and investment banks say.
The special court established in Pennsylvania to hear appeals of Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) decisions, known as the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), didn’t please anyone with a decision it rendered several weeks ago. We previously reported that the EHB had ruled in favor of CNX Resources to allow two previously permitted wells to move.
A new paper titled “Facilitating Global Deployment of Floating Nuclear Power Plants” has been published by World Nuclear Association’s Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL) Working Group. This paper highlights the benefits of the technology and focuses on progress made in the regulatory space, which is required for their international deployment.
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